entranceway | say it ain't so (video)

[ When Liv appears on the screen, she's in a nice off-white sweater with a hint of gold sparkle to it, full face of makeup and nervously smiling. She gives a wave, then lets out a breath she's been holding. ]

I have a confession. And some of you know. Some of you who know me don't know, and everyone else...

[ She pauses, looking down a little. Is this the right thing? Hell if she knows. It's not like she's in a place the size of Seattle. Maybe now's the time to just come clean. ]

The rest of you don't need to know but uh...at this point if someone found out by word of mouth I feel like it'd suck more, so.

My name is Liv. I've been living here since the summer. And...I'm a zombie.

[ She pauses for a beat. ]

Obviously from a different zombie world than the rest of you. I'll answer your questions now: Yes, I eat what you think I eat but the closet provides it for me. I only act like the maniac you'd expect when I'm hurt unexpectedly and then I'm super strong and just kind of...grunty. But I can help, I do help. I've saved people. I've died here. Yes, I'm technically dead right now, but I still look great?

I guess those are the hard-hitting questions. If you have any others I'll be here to answer them.

Please don't try to kill me. I'll just come back.

So I guess that's it. Now you all know, and I can breathe easier. Ish. Well, not breathe. Whatever, you know what I mean.

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No, that makes sense. I haven't noticed too many assholes around here and if there are, they're pretty quiet about it, but I'd rather not deal with that shit.

[There's enough people like that back home anyway.]

The good part is, I guess, if people do start dropping like flies due to zombie-like symptoms then it's not like no one will have a suspect outside of events. This should be proof enough that I don't actually want anyone to ever get hurt.

[ She hopes. ]

It's proof enough for me.

Thank you. I know this might not make sense considering we don't know each other well, but that means a lot to me.

Oh shit, yeah, I didn't introduce myself. Name's Jolyne.

[Probably not what Liv was getting at, but better late than never Jolyne figures.]

Wow, I got so wrapped up in the conversation I didn't even ask, sorry. It's nice to meet you, Jolyne. I'm pretty sure I've seen you around. You've been here a while, right?

Nah, it's fine, I should've introduced myself earlier. And yeah, I think it's been..shit, almost two years? Something like that.

Wow, so you've seen a lot. Probably more zombies than you ever cared to.

[ That sort of blows. ]

Do you have anyone from home here with you?

I was sick of zombies before I got here. At least I can see the ones here. No offense.

[Invisible zombies are nonsense she does not want to deal with again...or a third time since there was that event a while back too.]

And yeah, my uncle's here except he's younger than me and I never met him until I ended up in Wonderland. It's weird.

That might be one of the weirdest sentences I've heard in Wonderland. Well, no, that's a lie. 'You have the same face as Tinkerbell' was probably the weirdest thing.

[ Fairy tales are so weird. ]

And no offense taken, by the way. Invisible zombies sounds like, well. A shit storm.

Yeah, it was...but wait, Tinkerbell, really?

[She's not seeing it.]

Yeah, I don't get it either. But two different people called me by that name the first time they saw me.

[ Liv shrugs a little. ]

You'd think the paleness would be a clue. But who knows, maybe fairies don't get out in the sun much.

I don't know, I saw the movie like a million times as a kid, I'm not seeing it. Must be some weird version of it in their world or something.

Honestly, it's too much pressure to live up to an animated fairy.

[ Who even knows at this point. ]

But hey, thanks for being so understanding about all of this. It helps.

Yeah, no problem. And hey, hopefully Peter Pan doesn't show up. Then you might be forced to hang out with the guy.

I heard he was an evil asshole, but I didn't pay that much attention, honestly. So let's keep our fingers crossed on that one. It was super nice to meet you, maybe we can do it in person one day.

Think I've heard that too, actually.

[She doesn't remember where and isn't entirely sure how Peter Pan can be evil, but she thinks it came up somewhere at some point.]

And yeah, I'm sure we'll run into each other at some point.

Awesome. We'll have to hang out sometime.

[ She'd like to keep in touch with the nicer people who responded, and she could definitely stand to branch out. ]

Talk to you later?

Yeah, see you around.

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